Big Brother 2005 on official YouTube channel (Live streamed Sept 12-14 + Sept 19-21)

[Will McDougle]

Strap in for two MASSIVE weekends of Big Brother and Friday Night Games

We're digitising the Season 5 master tapes LIVE on YouTube: @bigbrotherau from 7pm Friday

Cancel your weekend plans and join us in chat

 

[the Theorist]

Even though the FNG episodes have aged badly (not to mention how longgggg they are) I think it’s a very clever move to be actively promoting it.

We all know the general public won’t shut up about that show, so I think it’s another smart way to drive viewers to the streams.

 

[timmy]

We all know the general public won’t shut up about that show, so I think it’s another smart way to drive viewers to the streams.

Hopefully when they see it again they'll realise how bad it actually was.

 

[BB12]

Is 2005 the year they upgraded all the house cameras to HD? I'm rewatching the 04 stream, and when they do the housemates on the couch shot, it's so fuzzy.

Also watching the first Nominations show and good lord what was that Nominations tally board

 

[Rison]

This is going to be a looooooong one. Using the episode lengths on TVDB - the marathon will take 12 hours to get to the first eviction show.

 

[jessy_girl]

Very keen for people to rewatch and see that FNG are tedious to watch and also to learn that Hotdogs is mostly memorable for his name. This season for me was when it really took a turn, but I didn’t mind 06 the following year so idk?

 

[matts bb]

Is 2005 the year they upgraded all the house cameras to HD? I'm rewatching the 04 stream, and when they do the housemates on the couch shot, it's so fuzzy.

Also watching the first Nominations show and good lord what was that Nominations tally board

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They’re SIM cards

2005 is my least favourite season. It was quite smutty and just all about sex and “hotness” even though half the cast weren’t ha

 

[timmy]

FNG are tedious to watch

At the time I watched FNL every week with my best friend, assisted by copious amounts of wodka. I honestly couldn't sit through it now, either sober or drunk.

 

[the Theorist]

Whenever I’ve done binge rewatches of these years in the past, I used to play the FNL episodes at more than x2 speed.

 

[Matty492]

This is going to be a looooooong one. Using the episode lengths on TVDB - the marathon will take 12 hours to get to the first eviction show.

Week 3 (First week without specials) is 5.6 hours in total, multiply by 14 weeks (98 days) is 78 hours plus specials, double evictions, we are looking at close to 100 hours of Big Brother over 2 weekends, which should be about 9, 12 hour parts.

 

[the Theorist]

 

[timmy]

Whenever I’ve done binge rewatches of these years in the past, I used to play the FNL episodes at more than x2 speed.

I feel that would still be a struggle tbh

 

[mistercat122]

been watching 2005 thru the google drive posted on here atm, enjoying it a lot haha. Just watched an ep of fnl and jeez it didnt age.

 

[Matty492]

This is going to be a looooooong one. Using the episode lengths on TVDB - the marathon will take 12 hours to get to the first eviction show.

So I got bored and did the math:
Week 1: 296 Minutes = 4.9 hours (Lunch + specials + extra-long daily's)
Week 2: 345 Minutes = 5.75 Hours (1 special + 1 extra-long daily)
Week 3: 339 Minutes = 5.65 Hours
Week 4: 410 Minutes = 6.8 Hours (1 special + 1 extra-long daily)
Week 5: 333 Minutes = 5.55 Hours
Week 6: 327 Minutes = 5.45 Hours
Week 7: 336 Minutes = 5.6 Hours
Week 8: 392 Minutes = 6.5 Hours (1 special + 1 extra-long daily)
Week 9: 355 Minutes = 5.91 Hours (1 special)
Week 10: 352 Minutes = 5.86 Hours
Week 11: 409 Minutes = 6.81 Hours (1 Special)
Week 12: 370 Minutes = 6.16 Hours
Week 13: 391 Minutes = 6.51 hours (extra-long FNL)
Week 14: 363 Minutes = 6.05 Hours (extra-long FNL)
Last 2 days: 195 Minutes = 3.25 Hours.

Total: 5,213 Minutes = 86.8 Hours = 8 - 10.82 hour parts.
Going by TVDB not including uncut episodes

 

[the Theorist]

So essentially, just streaming from 7pm Friday through 7pm-ish Sunday, twice? That's better than I was expecting.

 

[James T]

2005 is my least favourite season. It was quite smutty and just all about sex and “hotness” even though half the cast weren’t ha

Almost every single male housemate is a walking ick, complete pack of sleaze-balls. 2005 is going to be a hard watch but thank god for Tim Brunero

 

[Eagle]

why so much friday night games hate?

 

[the Theorist]

why so much friday night games hate?

A lot of it is incredibly offensive by 2025 standards. And that’s only one reason.

 

[matts bb]

A lot of it is incredibly offensive by 2025 standards. And that’s only one reason.

And looking back in 2005 its done very much on the cheap. Its a gravel rectangle with corrugated fencing as the walls.
It was tedious to watch aside from the cultural offensive tasks and it screamed tacky

 

[the Theorist]

Already cringing at flashbacks of the homophobic, sexist and racist commentary from Mike and Fitzy, especially in 2006 and 2007.

It’s absolutely a product of its time. I don’t insinuate that the hosts, or the production, hold those views today. But, just like a lot of the language used during the 2001-2004 seasons (and in many other shows of that era, the 90s and prior), it’s still very difficult to watch back in today’s world.